Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 21:44:47 +0000
From: Bill Spruiell <3lfyuji[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU>
Subject: Re: used to could
In my slightly-north-of-central-Alabama dialect, not only is "used to
could" common, but a perhaps analogous construction, "might should
ought to" is also. That last one is the only "triple-decker" modal
that I can recall using naturally (as long as the "ought to" is
pronounced "awda", of course).
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Bill Spruiell
Central Michigan University
Dept. of English Language and Literature